std::time

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Functions Time manipulation difftime time clock Format conversions asctime ctime strftime gmtime localtime mktime Constants CLOCKS_PER_SEC Types tm time_t

Defined in header <ctime>
time_t time( time_t *time );

Gets the time since epoch as a time_t object.

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Example 4 See also

[edit] Parameters

time

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pointer to a time_t object to store the time in. If NULL is passed instead, internal static object is used

[edit] Return value

time since epoch as a time_t object on success, -1 on error.

[edit] Example

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[edit] See also

localtime	converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as local time (function)
gmtime	converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as Universal Coordinated Time (function)